School attendance advice for schools and professionals
These pages provide advice and resources to help schools improve attendance.
Birmingham school attendance strategy 2026 to 2029
Birmingham’s school attendance strategy sets out our three‑year, citywide approach to improving attendance.
Co‑produced with schools, partners and families, it explains our shared priorities and the graduated multi‑agency support model for preventing absence and helping children attend regularly.
Download the Birmingham school attendance strategy 2026 to 2029.
Support for tackling absence
‘Support First’ is the framework schools should use to tackle ongoing absence.
The leave of absence (legal) process is for cases of unauthorised leave of absence.
For more information, read the school attendance procedures.
Statutory guidance, Birmingham City Council (BCC) policy, and regulations
- Working together to improve school attendance - GOV.UK
- BCC Education Prosecution Policy 2024
- Department for Education (DfE) attendance and absence codes 2024
- Education Penalty Notice Code of Conduct September 2024
For further information about pupil attendance, email the education legal intervention team at attendance@birmingham.gov.uk.
Page last updated: 17 July 2026
